Ambivalence vs Conviction - What's the difference?
ambivalence | conviction |
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
(countable) A firmly held belief.
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
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(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
(uncountable) The state of being convinced.
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As nouns the difference between ambivalence and conviction
is that ambivalence is the coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea while conviction is (countable) a firmly held belief.ambivalence
English
Noun
Usage notes
This word is often used as to express a lack of concern about the outcome of a choice to be made [http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-10,GGLJ:en&q=ambivalent+to+mean+indifferent]. In this case, a more appropriate word to use is indifference. The confusion is probably caused by the similarity of sounds between the two words and the passive sound of the word.conviction
English
(wikipedia conviction)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions . Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.}}
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.